Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1897, Page 1

— THE EVENING Dames PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, J1C] Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. ae St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company 5. H. EAUrFMANN.| Eres. New York Office, 49 Pottor Building ‘The Ex-ning Star ts served to subweribers fn the ity by carriers om their »wn account, at 10 ccnts per week, or 44 cents per montk. Copies at the ceunter 2 cents each. By mall—anywhere in the United States or Cenads—postage prepaid 50 cents per month. Saterday Quintuple pes ‘$1 per year, with netem post ed, $3.00. wiGnteted athe Port Oiies at Washington, D. O., (Entered a’ the Post 02 as secend-r? ies mal matter.) ©All wall entacriptions rust be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made Frown on application STAR. ] Che LZvening Star. ——— No. 13,986. WASHINGTON. D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1897-TWELVE PAGES, TWO CENTS. The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medwm for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable JAPAN TAKES A HAND|TRAMPED OUT OF DAWSONIFQR POOR OF: CUBA Report That Her Fleet Has Arrived at Post Hamilton. ENGLISH FLEET 18 REINFORCED Contract Under Russia Seized Corea. Which Peculiar SITUATION GROWS CRITICAL r 28—The Globe this vate telegram reached ing that over © arrived at ast eveni Lordon exenks Pp As Shanghai says the fF nored at Port Hamiliton Th f r that a re- port i t Chee Foo to tne effe that the se fleet has also arrived at Port Ha Russia's Contract With Corea. TACOMA, Wash., December 28—The pe- culiar and yemar > et ct under which a d the Corean finances and cus- and there out MeLeavy Brown, the represen of English in- which offended ish Pacif lron to Chemulpo, near been trans- Ss now made as follow t the dispatched he comp accordance Empe Corea, the jary in Ru: uested the imper d to Corea an 0 whose functions 11 the financial busi- ness in Corea and to take charge at the same time of her customs, the Russian Rove acceded to the request and di- rected (described as ‘member of the great council’) to proceed to Seoul, where he y arrived. Now, t Corean minister of foreign Russian minister, acti ir respective gov- to the duti . Alexieff ave a Advixer to Finance Department. “Mr. Alc ed as adviser to the ¢ nent and as su- » various de- to recommenda- advizer h ‘ver docu- of any other kind iviser shall person to supe stoms in lieu of t The su hall report to hin Should the fi to leave hi. select a hall make him 4 his absence. post, previ en’s, and competent char: 1 must a and the =f the event of the financial advi: ing to Russia, he shall not leave a un- til a suceessor has ari 1 to discharge his Guties. The period of this engagement is ur kmited. Seizure Was Permanent. It is dated October 5. It will be seen that Rrssia not only seizes the finance and cus- tems of Corea, but proposes to forever hold the same, notwithstanding that in her treaty with Japan after the Chino-Japan war ® specifically agreed to join Japan in maintaiuing the independence of Corea d not to de any act that would jeopardize n’s influence there. wavy Brown refused to accept his dis- al, and returned his discharge to the td Emperor of Corea. He appealed to the British consul and the latter report- )d the situation to England. CHINA DISTRACTED BY FEAR. Difficulties Increased by Uncertainty Over Attitude of Powers. . December 28.—The German ques- ttled. China's difficulty is in- sed owing to the uncertainty of the attitude of powers. Germany’s with- drawal from Kias Chou bay is said to be conditional upon her finding a suitable na- val station elsewhe! China is becoming alarmed at the pres- ent situation. The government appears to be v y powerle No answer has been received from Russia concerning the pro- posed loan. There are calamitous forebod- irgs conn with the sun's eclipse on the Chinese new year day. —<.__ =DGE TOOL TRUST FORMED. Plant to Be Established at Charleroi, South of Pittsbarz. PITTSBURG, Pa., December 28.—Kighty per cent of the edge-tool manufacturers in the United States have consolidated their interests and have arranged for the erection of a plant near Charleroi, about forty mi outh of this city, on Monongahela river. : known as the Amer- pany, and will have 00,000. It will em- workmen, and the roll will amount to ¥ , ; olidated plant will be in operation within six months, _ KILLED BY HIS BROTHER-L ew LAW. Fatal Quarrel Between Two Kent County, Md., Farme WILMINGTON, Del., December 28—At ‘safras, Kent county, Md., this morning John Davis, a young farm hand, was stab- bed to death by his brother-in-law, Joseph Wallace. The men met at John Anderson's store and quarreled. Davis struck at Wal- lace. The latter seized him around the Waist with his left hand, and, drawing a large penknife with the other, stabbed him Sevagely five times in the right breast. Davis dropped to the ground and died al. most instantly. Wallace was arrested and Placed in jail at Chestertown. eS TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT sea. Ship's Foreyard Parts, Causing Death of Six Sat HALIFAX, N.S. December 28.—4 special ai atch from Bermuda reports a terrible aceident at sea on the ship Vanloo, in which six lives were lost. The Vanloo, which is cn a voyage from Cardiff to St. Jonns, N. B. ‘Ss put in there with loss of eails. She reports that on December 20 the foreyard suddenly parted and fell to the deck. A rumber of men were at work in the rigging at the time, and others were on deck immediately below. Of nine who were carried down by the falling yard, or were struck when it descended, three were killed instantly and three others who took the chances of escaping by jumping into the sea_were drowned. Only the day before thif accident one of the crew was killed by falling from aloft to the deck. The Vanloo belongs to Yarmouth, N. 8. Richard Shaw Brings Latest News From Klondike Metropolis. Thinks There is Food Enough There to Last Through the Winter —New Gold Ficlds, VICTORIA, B. C., December 28—The steamer Tees, from Skaguay, brought down five Klondikers—Richard Shaw of Victoria, who left Dawson on December 16, and three cther Victorians, and T. Hanby of Seattle— who started on their tramp October 27. The party leaving on the latter date ran out of provisions at Fort Selkirk and had to beg their way along, geiting food at «.fferent camps, or, when it was not to be had, living on anything they could shoot. w came out by dog train, leaving Daw- son after the ice formed. He passed fifty men along the river bound outward. They were all coming along with just enough food to last them. At Stewart river forty-three outfits bound for Dawson were frozen in. Two of the three rafts of beef which were on bars just above Dawson were carried down the river right past the town by the floating ice. On the night of November 15 Jim Cary’s saloon at Dawson was robbed of $20,000. Ed Lord, the bartender, and two other men were arrested. At Fort Sel- kirk a man named Keeler was robbed of $8,000. Ed Jackson was arrested on sus- picion. = A report reached Dawson of a rich strike made on “43 Below” on Uunter creek. The district went $3 to the pan and there were five feet of gravel. Dominion creek is also turning out we Americans complain bitterly of having to pay duty on their outfits at Taj We 1 who left Daw: vember 1%, 1 1 Skaguay before the steamer left. It stated that he brought +0 in dust. Shaw says none of the men on the trails will get down un- til the ice goes out in the spring. Just be- fore he left claim owners reduced wages from $15 to $10 per ¢ and men were threatening to go on a strike. Speaking of the food situation at Daw- son, Shaw stated that food was scarce, but that the men now there have enough to last them through the winter. There are a number of men along the trails who are not very well provided. All the recent tails are at Big Sa transportation to Daw on waiting means of n. eS = THREATENED W. ik. VANDERBILT. rth Carolina Negre in Jail for At- tempt to Extort Money. NEW YORK, Decembe: @ North Carolina negro, aigned to- day on the charge of sending threateni letters to William K. Vanderbilt, Charles Broadway Rouss, John Wanamaker and other prominent men. ‘She letters demanded money under thr. of personal violence writer was a mem) to extort relief fro: price. As no one a to prosecute, Harris committed to the work house as a 2 Free Press Building at One Time Threatened With Destruction. DETROIT, Mich., December 25 cade building, owned by the Heineman e: tate, on West Larned street, burned early this morning, compleiely destroying the pa- per stock of William C. Jupp, the stock and plant of Charles L. Roehm & Son, whole- sale stationers, and the stock of perfume ateriais of the Elysium Manufacturing Company The five-stbry structure to the west of the Arcade building, occupied by the De- troit Free Press Printing Company, was for a time threatened with destruction. The building was flooded with water, and the stocks and plants of the Free Press Print- ing Company, Clift & Higgins, bookbinders, and the Habbin Engraving Company were nearly ruined. The total loss on the two buildings and their contents will reach $125,000, of which the Free Press Printing Company sustains the heaviest share, about $60,000, with $45 000 insurance. The other losses are fairly covered by insurance. Cause of the fire is unknown. — NEWPORT AT GREYTOWN. United States Gunboat With Party to Survey Nicaraguan Cunal. NEW YORK, December 28—The Atlas Line steamer Alene, which arrived today from Kingston and Central American ports, reports the arrival at Greytown, Nicaragua,’ on December 17, of the gunboat Newport, with the Nicaraguan canal survey party on board, all well. A large force of labor- ers from Port Limon had already arrived at Greytown to aid in the work of the sur- vey. “Phere was considerable excitement at Port Limon on December 20, owing to ex- pected trouble with Nicaragua. A large force of Costa Rican troops were in Port Limon when the Alene sailed. PATS: STENOGRAPHERS STRIKE, State Asked to Provide Reporters for Leutgert’s Defense. CHICAGO, December 28.—Stenographers employed by the defense in the Luetgert case have struck. They did not appear in court when the case was called today, and the defense may have to depend upon the notes taken by the state’s attorney’s sten- cgraphers if it is found necessary to take the case to the Supreme Court. Attorney Harmon, it is said, will ask the court to re- quire the state to furnish the defense with a@ copy of the testimony each day on the ground that Luetgert has no money to pay tor stenographers, and that the life of the rrisoner will be imperilled unless provision is made to protect his rights. — SHORT CABINET MEETING. Three of the Members Were Not Present. Secretary Alger is still ill at his home and was not present at the cabiret meeting to- day. Secretary Gage is in Baltimore and Secretary Bliss is in New York. The ab- sence of all three of these officials made the cabinet meeting today a short one. Nothing of importance was discussed be- yend the Cuban relief proposed by the President. ‘There were few visitors, for which the President was grateful. He would not ob- ject should this prove the rule for the re- meinder of the week. —————— GALLAUDET COLLEGE SUPPLIES. the Matter of Advertising for Bids. Selicitor General Richardson or the De- partment of Justice has decided that as the deaf and dumb asylum fs under the Inte- rior Department it must comply with the laws of that and all other departments in the matter of advertising for bids for sup- plies. Section 3700 of the Revised Statutes pro- vide that contracts for supplies for the de- partment shall be let by advertising for bids. The solicitor general holds that the deaf and dumb asylum comes under that section and must hereafter advertise for bids for supplies. The decision is to the Secretary of the Interior. Decision & Generous Response From the Ameri- can People Hoped. MONEY SENT T0 CONSUL GENERAL LEE Acute Distress Throughout the Island. ee SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE lees The movement inaugurated by the gov- ernment for the relief of the people in distress on the Island of Cuba has already received a substantial impetus, and the out- Icok is regarded as exceedingly encourag- ing for a general and generous response from the people of the United States. Two contributions of money have been already received at the State Department frum charitably disposed persons, whose names are withheld at their own request. One amounted to $5,000 and the other to $5. The money was remitted by telegraph this morning to Consul General Lee at Havana for immediate use in relieving the more pressing cases. Discussed nt Cabinet Meeting. President McKinley is deeply interested in seeing a great success of the plans of mer- ican aid for the starving Cubans. He sin- cerely hopes that every American will do what he can to aid in the subscription now being made. This is true of each cabinet officer and of the officials of the adminis- tration general At today’s cabinet meeting the situation Wus discussed a the President expressed the belief that there would be a generous response from ail sections of the country to the appeal nt out a few days ago. ‘The responses so far at the White House have been few, but it is not expected that the subscriptions will begin to be large or nu- for the next few days. Not many ubscriptions will pass through the White House. They will be made direct to Consul General Lee or go to the State De- partment, from which they will be for- warded to the American consul general. The President was pleased at the contri- bution of $5,000 for rded to General Lee today. He hopes to see many repetitions of this. He knows how grave the situa- tion is on the island and that much money and provisions are needed. He has been Kept posted as to the situation and would not have issued the appeal had he not kno that it was the last and only hope succor for the afflicted natives of the » President hopes that the 0 see the importance of do- ng without delay. He would be e the responses to his appeal spirit of ans thought that the first and largest scriptions will be from the larger cities nd that these will be followed by sub- i s from all quarters The net_memt will probably ex- hibit an activity t ng the interest of the admini ion in the success of the plan of re Their individual efforts are likely to be felt within a few de Post- master General Gary will probably give his ume to some work in Maryland, and in ll be followed by lal family has the great Lee other members of the offic! » ident McKinle st con- to do the most good with the funds and articles sent to him. He believes that Gene Lee will know exactly where to place everything and how to place it. He thinks that direct contributions to General Lee would be of benefit at this time. Official advices to the State Department show that acute distress prevails among many thousands of people in Cuba, and that the lecal authcrities are powerless in the matter. Starvation not only impends, but is an actual condition, The President and the Secretary of State have been in- formed of this most distressful state of af- fairs from sources whose credibility can- rot be questioned. It was on information of this character that the recent executive appeal to the benevolence of the people of the United States was based. The President's Appeal. That appeal was as follows: “Department of State, “WASHINGTON, December 24, 1897. “By direction of the President, the pub- lic is informed that, in deference to the earnest desire of the government to con- tribute by effective action toward the re- lief of the suffering people in the island of Cuba, arrangements have been per- fected by which charitable contributions in money or in kind can be sent to the is- land by the benevolently disposed people of the United State: Money, provisions, clothing, medicines and the like articles of prime necessity can be forwarded to General Fitzhugh Lee, the consul general of the United States at Havana, and all articles, now dutiable by law, so consigned will be admitted into Cuba free of duty. The consul general has been instructed to receive the same and to co-operate with the local authorities and the charitable boards for the distribution of such relief among the destitute and needy people of Cuba. “The President is. confident that the peo- ple of the United States, who have on many occasions in the past responded most generously to the cry for bread from peo- ple stricken by famine or sore calamity, who have beheld no léss generous action on the part of foreign communities when their own countrymen have suffered from fire and flood, will heed the appeal for aid that comes from the destitute at their own threshold, and especially at this season of good will and rejoicing give of their abund- ance to this humane end. “JOHN SHERMAN.” In the issue of this appeal, the President went to the limit of his constitutional power in bringing the matter to the atten- tion of the American people. The State Department is exerting its full authority to assist in mitigating the conditions in Cuba and in pointing out the way to further al- leviate the intense suffering of the recon- centradves. Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secre- tary Day expressed the hope today that the American people would come promptly to the relief by subscriptions of money, clothing, medicines and supplies of various kinds. < The Star’s Subscription Fund. Judge Day said that the newspapers could render valuable ald tn carrying on this hu- mane movement, and he applauded the action of The Evening Star Company in starting a popular subscription and in its €1deavor to arouse the charitable people of the District to a full realization of the ex- treme urgency of the situation. It was explained at the State Department teday that complete arrangements have been made for the prompt distribution of all centributions of money, food, clothing, etc., and that Consul General Lee has under- taken, with the aid of the American con- sular officers in Cuba, to give personal at- tention to the alleviation of distress by the Cd eerey Cs — qr of the American ple. One the line steamers plying be- Tween New York and Havana—the Wacd line—has undertaken to forward any con- tributions of goods to Coneul General Lee at Havana, and it is: believed that the American railroads will do their part by the goods to the seaboard. The Spanish authorities have consented to re- mit all duties on relief supplies so forward- ed. The State Department directs they be sent direct to Consul General Lee, either money by draft, or check, or goods. Consul General Lee has cabled the State Department just what is wanting at this juncture, and his list is as follows: Summer clothing, second-hand or otherwise, princi- pally for women and children; medicines for fevers, including a large proportion of quinine; hard bread; corn meal, bacon, rice, potatoes, beans, peas, galt fish (principally ecdfish); any canned goods, especially con- densed milk for the starving children. Meney will also be useful to secure nurses, medicines, and for many other purposes. Mr. Pepper’s Statements Corroborated Recent reports received at the State Department fully corroborate the state- ments made in the letters of Mr. Charles F. Pepper to The Star, as to the deplorable condition of the non-combatants in Cuba. These reports come from consular offi- cers stationed at various ports, and show that distress is widespread among the old men, wcmen and children who were oblig- ed to congregate in the cities. The situa- tion has apparently not improved very much since the revocation of the concen- tration order. Farms have been devastat- cd, cattle slaughtered wantonly and the crops neglected. The zones of cultivation established by Gen. Blanco are not expected to yield for some time yet. Meanwhile the former concentradoes are. only slightly bet- ter off than they were in the camps to which they were driven by Weyler’s or- ders, where their sufferings were extreme It is hoped that the movement started by President McKinley will speedily result in a material improvement of the situation. Not Leading to Intervention. Mr. Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minis- ter, expresses strong disapproval of reports that the relief measures adopted by the United States, and co-operated in by Spain, are a step toward intervention by this gov- ernment in the affairs of Cuba. The minis- ter characterizes such reports as an effort to mix politics with charity, and as calcu- lated to excite ill-feeling which will em- barrass the charitable movement and im- pede its execution in Havana and through- out the island. Referring to the subject, he said toda “This talk of intervention in certain quar- ters has no other purpose than to embitter beth countries and to divert the essential purpose of alms-giving. The extension of aid to the sufferers in Cuba is no more in- tervention than was the action of all the nations of the world~including Spain—to extend help to Chicago after the big fire, or of the United States sending a ship load of grain to Russia and last year to India, and of the city of London in sending food and money to Paris when the siege by the Germans was raised.” Turning to a dispatch just received from Dr. Congosto, secretary, general at Havana, the minister’ proceeded, quoting in part from the dispatch: Relief Mensures at Havana. “It is not true that the Spanish authori- ties in Cuba are not equal to the situation. Succor is Seing given abundantly and re- lief committees are in regular operation. In two of the provinees—Puerto Principe and Santiago—there has been no concentra- tion. Forty plantations are grinding sugar, and there is ample work for those who want it. Many of the reconcentradoes who are reported to be suffering are in such condi- tion through an unwillingmess to work. “The eneregy with which relief measures are being conducted in Havana is shown by a glance at the Havana papers every Gay, where there are long Jists of charita- ble donations from private parties of con- densed milk, corn meqi and like articles, specially serviceable for the relief of chil- dren. It should be borne in mind, also, that the Spanish governmegt has remitted ‘all duties on relief suppligs sent to Cuba, é0 that for every doltar (of supplies entering Cuba Spain adds 2 considerable percentage, the remitted duties running from 40 per cent down. “It is perfectly well understood that the American help will be received with the spirit that it is given, and the American government—as Secretary Sherman ex- pressed in his recent letter—offers the well- known generosity of the American people in the same spirit that they have accepted foreign help in cases of public calamity. It seems that some whotnake statements as to conditions in Cuba forget that the evils of war cannot be mitigated in a short time. They fail to compare the actual situation of today with that of the past, and they totally disregard the efforts made to im- prove the situation. After all, it is proba- bly unnecessary to answer those who will go to such an extreme as to mix interven- tion and intrusion with the acts of mercy of a nation well-known for its generosity and charity.” One Dollar Subscription Suggested. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Touching the earnest call of the President upon cur people for the relief of the Cuban stffferers, will it not be well for The Star (aiways forward in thus aiding all really true charities and good works) to start dollar subscriptions in response to same? If every one in the United States who can thus give his “‘mite’’ will do so—and hosts, I am sure, will gladly embrace the oppor- tunity—this great and sore need will be speedily and amply met—and more. I have already sent mine—direct. Will you not kindly do this? T. H. . Xmastide, 1897. The Star Will Recelve Contributions.| In order to relieve those living in Wash- ington and vicinity who wish to contribute to the aid of the Cubahs from the necessity of sending their contributions to Havana, The Evening Stay Company will receive and acknowledge snonetary gifts, and will ferward them to Consul General Lee. A correspondent hag suggested a popular fund, composed of one-dollar subscriptions. These and all othérs that may be sent The Star will forward to Hayana. The Evening Star Company hag subscribed $100 toward the fund. £ -o-—______— RESTORATION OF CADETS. Secretary Long Favors Their Ap- pointment to the Navy. + Secretary Long, has written a letter to Senator Hale, chairman of the Senate naval committee, indorsing the bill providing for the restoration to the navy of a number of cadets who were, disch several years ago because there were «vacancies in the service. The bill authorizes the appoint- ment of these young,men.as assistant en- gineers, which .bramch is now short its queta. Engineer-in-Ghief Melville says the eaisting vacancies eannet be filled from the annual list of gpaduates at the Naval Acudemy under existing law. Secretary Long says that fifteen or twenty of the discharged cadets desire ;to re-enter the navy, and in his opinion they would make creditable officers. He reeommends to the naval committee that. these men be ap- pointed to such grades as will give them the actual and relative rank immediately below the classes with which they would have taken rank if they had been commis- sioned upon graduation, He is strongly op- posed, however, to the proposition to give the men back pay for the time they have been out of the service. ———__-2-—_ NEW YEAR RECEPTIONS. Lists of Those Receiving or Not “Re- ceiving to Be Published Friday. The Star will publish, Friday, a lst of those receiving or nét receiving New Year day. Pyreorig: desiring to announce that they will or will not receive can do so with- out any. charge by sending notices to The Star “any time prior to 9 o'clock Friday, morning. The notices ehould contain only the announcement that there will or will not be a reception and the names and ad- publication, FINANCIAL MEASURE Character of the Proposed Monetary Commission Bill. SPECIFIC TERMS ARE WITHHELD Will Extend National and Private Banking Facilities. CONSIDERATION EXPECTED — ee, When Congress reassembfes the banking and curren.y committee of the House will wait a reasonable length of time for the currency bill which has been prepared by the monetary commission appointed at the Indianapolis ccnvention of business men. It is proposed to give the bill consideration if it comes in time. As ail readers of The Star know, the commission has been in session in this city during the fall months, and recently completed its report upon a bill. The terms of the bill are being withheld from the public for the present, but enough is known to derive an idea of the general character of the proposed financial meas- ure. In a general way it can be stated that the bill will embody the financial recom- mendations of the President, some of Sec- retary Gage’s, and, in addition, will carry provisions for extending national and pri- vate banking facilities, so as to make easier borrowing and lending money in times of need and yp: In connection with the general subject of the finances, it is the belief in congres- sional circies that there is no clash of opin- ion between Secretary Gage and the Presi- dent upon the maintenance of the gold standard. They are together on that sub- ject, and the point where they part com- pany is upon the advisability of proceeding to more radical ps in the direction of the extension of a poiicy of currency restric- tion. It is said the President is willing to stand upon the present policy of the re- publican party tion, jared in the conven- but hesitates to foliow some of his ical advisers until the people have been educated to the point of being in har- mony, and thorough understanding with such extension. The banking and currency committee of the House will not attempt, at this session of Congé to take up for consideration a bill carrying out the ideas of the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the bonded debt and to funding the public debt. The ccmmi:tee will act upon three bills, pro- viding respectively for the establishment of rational banks in small cities, the exten- sion of circulation of national banks and the reduction of the tax upon them. In conversation with a Star reporter some days ago, Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee said he thought two of these bills might pass the Senate. He entertained a’ doubt whether the third measure mentioned above would be able to get through the Senate, although the three bills would probably pass the House. In that talk with a Star reporter. Mr. Dingley. said the only financial: bill which could come before the ways and means committee would be a plan for funding the public debt. He had grave doubts of the probability of tne committee reporting such a measure, as it would he useless, in view of the feeling in the Senate. He said that while it was true the government could save $12,000,000 a year in interest charges by funding the debt by the issuance of low- rate gold bonds, there were people in Con- gress who would prefer paying the $12,000,- 000 to seeing the word “gold” incorporated in the bonds, o—____ TREATIES FINALLY NEGOTIATED. An Incident of the Cleveland Admin- istration Recalled. The Orange Free State has ratified the extradition treaty between that country and the United States recently negotiated, and has returned the document to Wash- ington, where it awaits the action of the United States Senate. It was this convention, together with a similar treaty negotiated with the Ar- gentine Republic, that made up an issue between President Cleveland and the Sen- ate, resulting in the shelving of both treat- ies. As submitted to the Senate by Presi- dent Cleveland the treaties contained clauses permitting an American citizen to be surrendered under extradition to the legal authorities of the Argentine Republic or of the Orange Free State, or, vice versa, the United States might reclaim from either of those countries a native who had es- caped from the United States after com- mission of a crime. The Senate very promptly rejected this radical departure in the theory of our extradition proceed- ings and cut them out of the treaties by amendments. This resulted in sending the documents back to the State Department for transmission to the other parties to the treaties in order that they might have an opportunity to pass upon the amend- ments. But President Cleveland positively refused to go any further forward with the treaties unless Congress accepted his ideas on the point at issue, and the docu- ments have laid on the shelf until the pres- ent administration took them up soon after it assumed office and resumed the negotia- tions looking to their final completion on the lines indicated by the Senate. + Personal Mention. Mr. E. Burt Beckwith of Harvard Uni- versity is spending his vacation at the home of his mother, at 1448 Q street north- west. Mr. William H. Stansbury is seriously ill at his residence, 619 2d street northeast. Mr. H. T. Newcomb of the United States Department of Agriculture left for Cleve- land, Ohio, this morning to attend the terth annual meeting of the American Eco- nomic Association, Assistant Secretary Vanderlip spent Christmas in Chicago, but is at his desk in, Ensign G. L. Stone of the New York is in the city on leave of absence. He is at 1721 De Sales street. Lieut. W. L. Rodgers of the Foote was at the Navy Department today. He is at the Metropolitan Club. Assistant Engineer A. M. Procter of the Brooklyn is at 1843 K street. Lieutenant Commander Perry Garst of the Terror registered today at the Navy Department. He is at 2027 Columbia road. Lieut. Augustus C. Almy of the Wilming- ton is at 1019 Vermont avenue. Col. Oswald H. Ernst, superintendent of the Military Academy, is in the city by order of the Secretary of War, and is at 1321 Connecticut avenue. Capt. John M. Carson is at 1332 Vermont avenue. Second Lieut. Joseph 8. Herron, 1st Cav- alry, was at the War Department today. He is at 9560 Westminster street. é Cosby of the En- Massachusetts avenue on leave. = Mr. 8. Elliott Richardson of Mathews county, Virginia, after a visit here of two months, has returned to his home. —————__e-____ Lieut. Stevens to Be Dropped. Lieut. T. 8S. Stevens of the navy, son of reported morally CANADA WILL CO-OPERATE Minister Sefton’s Assurance Regarding Re- lief for the Klondike, What Mr. Boyle Says of His Proposed Expedition—Object of the Conference. The Canadian minister of the interior, Mr. Sefton, and his secretary, Mr. McKen- na, w€re waited upon at their hotel this morning by Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn of the War Department and welcomed in the name of Secretary Alger. They were then driven around the suburbs, including the Soldiers’ Home grounds, until #o0on, when Secretary Alger, who had arisen from his bed for the purpose, entertained his visitors at luncheon. It is learned that Mr. Sefton, in accepting Secretary Alger’s invitation to come to Washington fcr the purpose of consulting respecting Klondike relief measures, tele- graphed that his government was heartily in favor of co-operation with the United States authorities in the effort to ald the miners in the Klondike. During the afternoon it is expected, that ae Beneral pln of operations will be ar- ged between Secretary Al, Canadian officials. ag aes Mr. Boyle of Woodstock, Canada, who recently returned from Dawson City, and who is fitting cut an expedition for the re- lief of the Klondikers, joined the party at the suggestion of Minister Sefton. “I propose carrying sixty tons of pro- visions on my expedition,” Mr. Boyle said to a Star reporter this mornt “The ob- ject of the conference is to see if the United States government will not advance money for increasing the amount of pro- visions to be transported to the Klondike » 150 tons. he sleds for this purpose are being constructed at Seattle, and my brother has been for several weeks engaged in buying dogs through Canada and having them broken for the harness. I shall use collies, as it is a hard thing to get wolf dogs. An- other thing in favor of collies is that they eat much less, and that is an important saving on such a trip as I have before me. Newfoundlards are impracticable for such work. They eat almost as much as a cow, and, if they get hungry and poor, you can get no work from them, “I received a telegram from Oakland, Cal., a few days ago informing me that my new engine will be ready for transportation in a week or so. This engine ts a good deal like the upright farm engines that are used to haul threshing machinery throughout the country. I shall use this on the river. The Oakland manufacturers assure me that they have a device that may be attached to the front of the engine which will cut up the ice and make a reasonably smooth roadway. You know, the ice there is not smooth like the frozen rivers of the United States. “I am willing that this government, if it joins with me in the work of transporting supplies to the suffering Klondikers, shall place a limit on my charges for supplies to tke miners there, so that, in any event, 1 cannot charge to exceed double summer rates this winter.” Minister Sefton will remain in Washing- ton several days. Mr. Boyle will stay here until he hears from his partners who is known by the delightful sobriquet of “Swift Water Bill.” —_—_—__-o+—_____ DEPARTURE POSTPONED. Delay in Repairing Vessels of the North Atlantic Squadron. Owing to unforeseen delays in completing the repairs to the vessels of the North At- lantic squadron, their departure from New York has been postponed until January 10. It is therefore improbable that the fleet will reach their winter rendezvous at Key West much before the end of next month. So far as can be learned, the Spanish au- thorities have offered no objections what- ever to the plan of the Navy Department involving a cruise of the fleet in the Gulf of Mexico. It is more than likely, however, that the vessels will keep far enough away from Cuba to avert any possible miscon- struction of the object of their presence in that quarter. ——_—_—_—-e._____ MODERNIZING THE WORK. England Improving the Fortifications of Gibraltar. Reports received at the Navy Department indicate that the British government is pushing the work of modernizing the great fortifications at the Rock of Gibraitar with all speed, and no less than 5,000 Spanish workingmen pass daily over the lines to and from their work on the fortifications. A large number of the heaviest pieces of artillery are being put in place, a great dock is under construction, and the plan of defense permits of the absolute protection of a vast British fleet under the guns of the fortress. Contrary to the policy pur- sued in some other British fortifications, the soldiers in charge made no objection to an examination of the works by Ameri- can naval ollicers and sailors, and seemed nee proud of the strength of their posi- ion. —e— Late Army Orders. The leave of absence granted Second Lieut. Antor Springer, jr., 21st Infantry, is extended two months. Col. George G. Huntt, 2d Cavalry, has been ordered to command the department of Colorado during the absence of Brig. Gen Elwell S. Otis, who is a member of the general court-martial appointed to meet at Savannah, Ga., January 5, 1898. First Lieut. James B. Hughes, 10th Cav- alry, is granted three months’ leave of ab- sence. Capt. George A. Cornish, 15th Infantry, has been appointed acting Indian agent at the Uintah and Ouray agency, Utah. The leave of absence granted Lieut. Col. Edwin B. Atwood, deputy quartermaster general, is extended one month. Maj. George W. Baird, paymaster, has been ordered to pay the troops to Decem- ber 31, 1897, at Fort Myer, Va.; Washington barracks, D. C., and Fort Washington, Md., by person, and at Fort McHenry, Md.: Fort Monroe, Va., and the arsenal at that point by express. —————————EE Autonomist Mayors Inaugurated. The Spanish minister has received a tele- gram from Havana, saying that the an- tonomist mayors of Bejucal and Juanaba- coa have been inaugurated amid great en- thusiasm. The dispatch says that the pa- triotic spirit shown at these demonstra- tions give assurance of the speedy realiza- tion of the good effects of an autonomous form of:government in Cuba. The mayors of the two cities named are the first to take ol Each succeeds a military ruler. ————_o-___ Pension Attorney Disbarred. Walter Middieton, a colored pension at- torney of this city, has been disbarred from practice before the Interior Department and pension bureau for unprofessional conduct Ula para degre np pra alneraagres paged euting pension claims in violation of law. ———_o-—____ To Succeed Capt. Beck. Infantry has been detailed as acting agent of the Uintah and Uray Indians of Utah, vice Captain Beck, relieved. | CABANAS AND MORO Sketch of the Principal Defenses of Havana. AS SEEN FROM THE SEA AND LAND Precautions Taken Against the Eye of Strangers. VISITING THE PRISONERS (Copright, 1897, by Charles M. Pepper.) Correspondence of The E ening Star. HAVANA, December 25, 1897. Whispers of war sometimes float across the gulf. They are whispers only, and not of a kind to disturb the “buenas rela- ciones,” the gccd relations which diplomacy has established between Madrid and Wash- ington. Sometimes the army officers in the cafes give ear to other talk, and over coffee and cigars banter American friends with their plans for the invasion of Flor ida and the three days’ march which will take them to Washington. The Spanish -officer knows as little of American geog- ravhy as do most Europeans, but he plans ry campaigns without regard to geog- repby. Hence his idea of a three days’ march from Florida to Washington. The navy officer is better educated and better informed. Since Admiral Navarro went home with Weyler a smarter set of navy men have appeaged. They talk of some- thing besides the invasion of the United States. In their circle a word is sometimes ard about the defeases of Havana. ‘astle Moro and Fortress Cabanas, com- manding, as they jo, the entrance to the harbor, are among the chief defenses of Havana. Seen from without, either from the deck of an incoming ship, from the house tops of the city or from the hills be- yond, they are an imposing line of fortifi- cations, appealing to the color brush of the artist as much as to the military instincts ldier. On closer view the impres- Moro has in its name the e and history, per- of the Mcorish con- quests. But the poet and the artist would go wrong there. It is Castilian for “the snout,” and a rocky snout at that. The sue literally rises out of the rocks. The light house is a welcome beam to the ma- riner, the only hospitable sight. Cabanas, stretching beyond Moro and following the line of the hills for half a mile, is not quite so forbidding. The slope to its walls ts covered with grass and vines and green bushes. The walls, black and gray, already monuments of time, show marks of age, but not of weakness. From a seaward view More and Cabanas are impregnable, both as prison fortresses and as defenses, However, the strength of fortificacions ta better judged from within than from with- out. Cabanas especially has an interest apart from military or naval considera~ ticns. A view of the interior of this prison, which has held so many martyrs to Cuban liberty, is opportune at a time when the aspirations and the sacrifices for free Cuba may be near realization. A goverrment regulation, iron-clad, is that no ene other than a Spanish subject. shall be permitted ingress within its walls. Explanation that this means voluntary ingress is hardly nece essary. Other than Spanish subjects, ine cluding American citizens, have scen the interior of Cabanas during ihe last three years. The theory cf the regulation is that the fortress has secrets in {ts construction and arrangement, which other nations must not Know, as though persons who go in as prisoners because they have revolted against Spain would net expose its secrets if there were any to expose. Idle as is the regulation, it is adhered to strictly. Con- suls of foreign countries see their own citi- zens who may be prisoners outside the walls proper. They are brought out under heavy guard. When the Competitor pris= orers were released they were »rought to the piace where these interviews are ac- corded, half way up the slope from the water's edge, and turned over to Consul General Lee. Inside Cabanas. Notwithstanding the restrictions, ir com- pany with two American friends I was rowed across the bay one visitors’ day to Cabanas. We all had a notion it might be possible to see something more than the outside of the walls. In gratifying cu- ricsity or in the quest of legitimate information it is a safe rule not to ask too many questions, but “to go ahead until stopped. Relatives of the prisoners, mostly women, were toiling up the hill, carrying food and clothing. Some of the soldiers in the fortress were also returning to duty. We followed. The big tree, under the shade of which the foreign consuls await the bringing out of their ccuntrymen who may be prisoners, was no temptation for us to stop and rest. The sentry stationed there looked at us inquir- ingly, hesitated a moment, and before he could challenge us we had passed along. We were in the laurel ditches, and for- eigners are sometimes permitted to go that far. Nothing but immense stone walls are seen, and they disclose no secrets which would be of utility to an enemy. From this interior view an idea of what Cabanas really is can be had. No proper conception of the fort can be formed by seeing it from without. The laurel Gitches might better be called the avenue of Jaurels, for there is a promenade as well as fosses, or ditches. The trees are of un- usual growth and their lustrous green fo- liagé is a pleasing contrast to the gray walls on either side. Two or three feet be- yond where the laurels end is a fresh lawn. The earth has not been recently trampled. The spot is a record of grew- some history, It is the execution grounds. Here the prisoners are brought when the death penalty is carried out. The last exe- cution was of three bandits who had been